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Gold Stars and Demerits

September 20, 2017

I listen to a podcast by Gretchen Ruben called Happier, based on her book Happier and she and her sister talk about their wins and fails at the end of each podcast. They call them gold stars and demerits. I like the “gold star” because I will be an elementary teacher in a couple of years…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: mental health, mindset, self-discovery, teaching Last updated February 19, 2025

Dear Diary, I’m 30.

June 18, 2017

It’s been awhile, but I don’t want to waste time apologizing for my absence. It’s been weird, but freeing to not blog regularly this year. I’m 30 and I’m blogging. I’ve gotten to the point where I wish I could just start blogging over again where NO ONE was reading. When I knew no one…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: life, self-discovery, writing Last updated February 19, 2025

Back to School at 30

July 26, 2016

Yup. I’m going back to school at 30. Okay I’m technically 29, but basically 30. I’m trying to make it more dramatic. Go with it. Back to school…back to school…to show mom and dad that I’m not a fool. Name the movie. First of all, since this is my first real post, you may be…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: self-discovery, teaching Last updated December 4, 2025

Kitchen Therapy

October 22, 2015

So today is Thursday, which in case you didn’t know, is a day for Thinking Out Loud. Let’s have some coffee with pumpkin fluff and chat, shall we? I’ve been struggling a bit lately with personal stuff and on one particularly rough night, I typed out a bit of prose in my phone. I was thinking…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: food, self-discovery, writing Last updated February 19, 2025

Confessions of an Imperfect Blogger

March 19, 2015

I know you guys probably get by now that I’m not a perfect person. It’s challenging to convey this through snippets in blog posts, so oftentimes bloggers (or even friends on Facebook) come across as having the perfect life. Having it all together. Being happy all the time while crafting Pinterest-worthy meals and crafts and workouts. The…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: confessions, self-discovery, silly Last updated February 21, 2025

Good Enough

July 26, 2013

Being a perfectionist comes with many struggles.  One of them being the constant self questioning of any aspect of his or her life being “good enough.” The definition of perfectionism (no, this is not the beginning of a bad toast) I headed over to good ol’ Wikipedia (why not, right?) to check out the definition…

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Category: deep from the archives Tags: faith, mental health, perfectionism, self-discovery Last updated February 20, 2025

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